http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981372
http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981372#c8
--- Comment #8 from Egbert Eich
(In reply to Bjørn Lie from comment #5)
But answer me this, why would a user launch gdm as loginmanager, when this means he has to run gnome-shell, and then log in to a older type vm/session?
Here around there are multi user workstations/servers with gdm with NFS share automounting the user's HOME. The small idea was to allow users here and elsewhere to use their personal ~/.xsession scripts.
Not only that. Each user may have its own preference of sessions. I use xfce for instance, others use Gnome or Plasma. You cannot give everyone her or his pet DM, however, letting people select which session to use should be possible. Then of course there are the 'power users' - like Werner: these people have their carefull hand crafted session which has evolved over years. So, my idea was, to have a selection, which gives both the Werners of this world the power to do 'their thing' and at the same time let the 'inexperienced user' pick what is the sysadmin's choice (ie what has been specified in /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager') - which will hopefully then be supported by this sysadmin.
I humbly ask that you will both reconsider the decision to install xdm-xsession by default as I sincerely fail to see the benefit for our users that there is a ever growing list of login options by default.
Egbert had already this idea and I have no problem with this.
Currently it is a 'Supplements' to xdm. You could make it conflict with gdm, however in this case one would not install it without YaST or zypper complaining heavily. I agree: when there is only one session (ie Gnome) is installed one should probably not offer any selection menu at all - unless of course you have a power-Werner ;) among your users. However, as soon as you have an administrated multi user system with the choice among Gnome and Xfce for instance, having an entry with the 'sysadmin's recommendation' is not all that bad. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.